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Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Pharmacists Council of Zimbabwe has deregistered 356 pharmacists for not paying their annual fees.In a notice yesterday, the council’s registrar Alois Karonga said they had deregistered pharmacy technicians, optometrists and dispensing opticians.“It is hereby notified that the Pharmacists Council of Zimbabwe, in terms of the Health Professions Act, has with effect…

Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has implored the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to formulate an electronic waste management policy in order to improve electronic refuse collection.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MIHR director Khumbulani Maphosa said failure to manage electronic waste posed a health risk to residents.“Electronic waste is a…

Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) says it is pushing for sustainable financing for contraceptive commodities to ensure the sustainability and accessibility to reproductive health services.Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday, ZNFPC chief executive officer Farai Machinga said developing a sustainable financing model was crucial as external funding was diminishing.“The…

Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has been called to collaborate with other African countries to participate in advancing research in the treatment of cleft lip and palate conditions.Speaking during the official opening of the 7th Pan African Association of Cleft Lip and Palate (PAACLIP) congress in Harare earlier this week, PAACLIP president Astrat Mengise said…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THREE men from Killarney squatter camps in Bulawayo have been remanded in custody on murder allegations.Moffat Sibanda, Ali Mlauzi and Tafadzwa Mudenda appeared before High Court Judge Ngoni Nduna and pleaded not guilty to murder.The State alleges that on May 26 2022 at around 10pm, the three accused, including Melusi Moyo who…

Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw POWER utility Zesa wants both business and ordinary consumers to invest more in alternative energy sources, given how stretched the national grid had become over the past two decades. Addressing delegates at the recent Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit in Victoria Falls, Zesa executive chairman Sydney Gata also emphasised that it…

Beaven Dhliwayo Group Features Editor IN AN era where counterfeit goods infiltrate markets with alarming ease, The Financial Gazette, the country’s leading business publication, in partnership with the ministry of Industry, will host a Counterfeit Products Awareness and Prevention Summit at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Harare on December 12. Counterfeit products have become a…

THE Civil Protection Department (CPD) says it will require at least US$250 million for disaster management for the 2024 /2025 rainy season. This comes as the first rains in the country have already been characterised by violent storms that have since destroyed hundreds of schools and homes nationwide.Speaking to Daily News yesterday, chief director of…

By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zwA MAN from Waterfalls in Harare was yesterday granted US$50 bail for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl who is a house helper in the area.Darlington Kashanhai appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded him to December 2.It is the State’s allegations that on October 1 2024, Kashanhai met the girl…